Oh, agreed. What bothers me is the implication of why. Because He's not there? Because He doesn't care? Because he's letting Zach and Co. hang themselves with their own rope? The line just . . . doesn't sit well with me.
someone mentioned that perhaps angels have free will as well
Yes, this is an inconsistency within the show. Of course angels have free will. Anna gave herself a grace-ectomy. That would require free will. Cas chose to start seeing Dean as more than component of fate. Cas chose to save Dean from Alistair. Uriel chose to murder angels in his garrison. The angels are exercising free will all over the place. We only have Anna's story that angels have no free will.
The only one that eventually did God's will was Cas -- doing the RIGHT thing.
And that's what I hope they make a point of demonstrating next season.
Re: Lilith and the trigger words . . . the trigger words and Sam's pride go hand in hand, I think. Because he can't stand people calling him "freak" and "monster." Yes, it plays into his fear, but Lilith was also laughing at him, belittling him, poking at that spot in his self-image where he's most vulnerable. What was Sam afraid of all his life? Being different. Which is a point of pride. I know that's simplifying his situation a lot, because demon blood and exorcising things with his brain and all, but at the core, I think his fear and his pride go hand in hand.
I'll have to cogitate on Ruby's "you never needed the blood" vis-a-vis YED's assertion that "demon blood is better than Ovaltine."
I've got no problem with Sam having used up all the demon mojo. However, I still think there will be hunters on his trail after this.
Hey, thanks for the input. If others can talk me down off the ledge this ep put me on, I'm good with that.
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Date: 2009-05-19 09:09 pm (UTC)Oh, agreed. What bothers me is the implication of why. Because He's not there? Because He doesn't care? Because he's letting Zach and Co. hang themselves with their own rope? The line just . . . doesn't sit well with me.
someone mentioned that perhaps angels have free will as well
Yes, this is an inconsistency within the show. Of course angels have free will. Anna gave herself a grace-ectomy. That would require free will. Cas chose to start seeing Dean as more than component of fate. Cas chose to save Dean from Alistair. Uriel chose to murder angels in his garrison. The angels are exercising free will all over the place. We only have Anna's story that angels have no free will.
The only one that eventually did God's will was Cas -- doing the RIGHT thing.
And that's what I hope they make a point of demonstrating next season.
Re: Lilith and the trigger words . . . the trigger words and Sam's pride go hand in hand, I think. Because he can't stand people calling him "freak" and "monster." Yes, it plays into his fear, but Lilith was also laughing at him, belittling him, poking at that spot in his self-image where he's most vulnerable. What was Sam afraid of all his life? Being different. Which is a point of pride. I know that's simplifying his situation a lot, because demon blood and exorcising things with his brain and all, but at the core, I think his fear and his pride go hand in hand.
I'll have to cogitate on Ruby's "you never needed the blood" vis-a-vis YED's assertion that "demon blood is better than Ovaltine."
I've got no problem with Sam having used up all the demon mojo. However, I still think there will be hunters on his trail after this.
Hey, thanks for the input. If others can talk me down off the ledge this ep put me on, I'm good with that.